Issues
Factory Farming
Factory farming is the system of raising animals using 'intensive production'
line methods that maximise the amount of meat produced while minimising costs.
It is characterised by close confinement in barren and unnatural conditions
and involves massive environmental pollution and health risks for both animals
and humans. In Australia as in other countries this is our conventional means
of raising pigs, chickens and producing eggs.
- Look for eggs labeled 'free-range', next choose 'barn-laid' over regular
'cage' (battery) eggs.
- Look for small-goods labeled ‘Bred Free-Range’. KR Castlemaine
have such a product line.
- Look for “Organic” or “Free-Range” chicken and
pork. See www.freerangepork.com.au
(in order to achieve organic certification, chicken and pigs farmed organically
must be free-range)
- See more at www.themeatrix.com and
www.voiceless.org.au
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